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Brixton news, rumour and general chat - Aug 2015

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Smick said:
I've just received a parking ticket for having stayed in Lidl on acre lane for more than ten minutes while doing my shopping last Saturday. Does anyone know what this is about? Have they changed their rules?
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Also worth checking with Lambeth about this.

Was the ticket from Lidl or a separate firm?

As had this problem by me. The shopkeeper decided the space by him was his car parking space and got this firm that deals with clamping and ticketing in.

We complained to local Cllr. Turned out that the security firm he used was banned by Lambeth and other Councils in London.

Clamping and ticketing by private firms has been such a source of complaints that some Councils have banned some firms from operating in there areas.
 
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friendofdorothy said:
Was out late in middle of Brixton last night - way past my usual bedtime. I was horrified at that HUGE amounts of rubbish everywhere, all the bins were full to overflowing - Windrush sq was like paddling though pool of food wrappers and cans. Is it like this everynight or just weekends? Disgusting!
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I think its down to lack of funds.

Central Brixton is 24 hours from Friday night to Sunday. What is needed is roadsweepers out at night. Its one of my complaints about being told the 24 hour economy is good for us.

If making London a 24 hour entertainment zone is so wonderful why is it that street cleaning cannot be extended to cover nights on weekend?
 
Domino action on Coldharbour Lane yesterday...

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http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2015/08/...bring-the-battle-to-coldharbour-lane-brixton/
 
Gramsci said:
I think its down to lack of funds.

Central Brixton is 24 hours from Friday night to Sunday. What is needed is roadsweepers out at night. Its one of my complaints about being told the 24 hour economy is good for us.

If making London a 24 hour entertainment zone is so wonderful why is it that street cleaning cannot be extended to cover nights on weekend?
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Isn't this what the new late venue tax is supposed to help with?
 
These drummers are often outside Iceland. Today they had couple of guys dancing. Always gets an appreciative crowd. Reading the sign they have its Gwoka
The origin of Gwo Ka goes back to the period of enslavement in the 18th century. Musical research show that the instrument can find its roots in the drums and songs of the West African countries (Guinea gulf, Congo...). From the diverse music and dance of their homelands, the slaves elaborated a communication tool, a new form of art, like the creole language: the Gwo Ka. This musical genre is characterised by an African typology: - repetitive form - improvisation - physical movements linked to music - a response between a soloist and choir - a syncopation weak times Gwo-ka, is a quadruple entity: dance, music, instrument, song.
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“Gwo-ka is a dance of improvisation by excellence, a dance of the instinct, of the moment. (…) Gwo-ka, dance of resistance, of resilience and adaptation: Dance of Life”
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leanderman said:
I eat meat but can see there is something rather grotesque - on marketing, environmental and ethical grounds - about 'national burger day'.
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Still, I imagine the one-day promotion is managing to generate more than sufficient PR to offset any lack in profits for Honest Burgers, who recently enjoyed a £7m injection from private equity firm Active Private Investment.
 
editor said:
Which bit don't you understand? It seems a pretty straightforward presentation of the facts to me.
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Do you always preface The Facts with "I'd imagine"?

And what's your actual point? That a company joining in a promotion might actually benefit from said promotion?
 
Rushy said:
Do you always preface The Facts with "I'd imagine"?

And what's your actual point? That a company joining in a promotion might actually benefit from said promotion?
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I made a relevant comment on a topic that was under discussion, but I can see that you're just looking for an excuse for another really pointless nitpicking row, so I'll just leave it, thanks.
 
Winot said:
Depressingly, I think the war on littering has been lost (at least in Brixton). It is now seen as being entirely acceptable. I don't know how the balance can be tipped back.
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About third or so of the litter was Macdonalds crap, perhaps they be fined /charged to clear it up. If they have mass catering going on on Windrush square why not make the the stall holders pay to have big commercial / recycling bins there too. Obvious the usual bins are not big enough. I thought young people generally more green / recycling minded - but obviously I was wrong.

SpamMisery said:
I don't understand why some people think it's ok to drop litter. The walk up to mine looks like a dump every now and then. I suspect that's more to do with foxes and bin bags but you regularly see people chucking wrappers without the slightest embarrassment
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My route to work - all in Lambeth - involves me negotiating lots of rubbish somewhere on the route each day of the week. Those bloody food buckets are useless and there is rotten food everywhere spread about by the foxes, cats and crows.
 
Gramsci said:
I think its down to lack of funds.

Central Brixton is 24 hours from Friday night to Sunday. What is needed is roadsweepers out at night. Its one of my complaints about being told the 24 hour economy is good for us.

If making London a 24 hour entertainment zone is so wonderful why is it that street cleaning cannot be extended to cover nights on weekend?
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there were road sweepers out - saw a chap on our way out who said he was on duty until ten. Then saw 2 other sweepers at about 3am and they seemed to be doing a good job against the odds - they had a mountain of rubbish to deal with. I wonder if the cleaners get paid more for working overnight?

I'm not sure about a 24 hour 'entertainment zone'. They are closing down so many night clubs and pubs - often the better/cheaper ones. Why should low paid workers have to work unsociable hours just because pissed young people want to eat fast food and piss in the street in middle of the night? is this the 24 economy that London needs?
 
Does anyone have a visitors one-day parking permit for zone BR I could buy? Got someone coming to stay this week and I've run out.
 
I don't know if anyone has been following the case, but the Duke of Edinburgh has just got a grade 2 listing http://www.brixtonsociety.org.uk/2015/08/25/duke-of-edinburgh-pub-listed/

Seems pretty amazeballs to me - as the pub, fine as it is, is not yet 80 years old and yet nobody bothered to do anything for the Canterbury Arms dating from the 1860s.

Does this reflect the attitude of Solitaire vs Conway Tavens? Maybe we should be told - in case anything similar comes up/is required.
 
Gramsci said:
Also worth checking with Lambeth about this.

Was the ticket from Lidl or a separate firm?

As had this problem by me. The shopkeeper decided the space by him was his car parking space and got this firm that deals with clamping and ticketing in.

We complained to local Cllr. Turned out that the security firm he used was banned by Lambeth and other Councils in London.

Clamping and ticketing by private firms has been such a source of complaints that some Councils have banned some firms from operating in there areas.
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There has been a bit of discussion on other forums about Lidl parking (though not Brixton). These links might be some help.

https://www.streetlife.com/conversation/2uzk7bbmg4s7/
https://www.streetlife.com/conversation/3scypkik8az2i/
 
CH1 said:
I don't know if anyone has been following the case, but the Duke of Edinburgh has just got a grade 2 listing http://www.brixtonsociety.org.uk/2015/08/25/duke-of-edinburgh-pub-listed/

Seems pretty amazeballs to me - as the pub, fine as it is, is not yet 80 years old and yet nobody bothered to do anything for the Canterbury Arms dating from the 1860s.

Does this reflect the attitude of Solitaire vs Conway Tavens? Maybe we should be told - in case anything similar comes up/is required.
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Thanks for that - I've added a post on Buzz.
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2015/08/duke-of-edinburgh-pub-in-brixton-gets-grade-ii-listing/
 
Intriguing incident outside the main Post Office this afternoon - cops arrested a black guy in a car, about 30 cops involved, big crowd gathers, all the usual remarks about 'they wouldn't do this to a white man' etc etc. Turns out the guy was in possession of a knife and refused to get out of the car. BrixtonBlog reported it and failed to mention the knife. Fucking sloppy. http://www.brixtonblog.com/dozens-of-police-officers-arrest-man-on-ferndale-road/32028 The knife should lead the fucking story!
 
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